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GLOVES Filed April 23, 1965 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 FIG. 5

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96 INVENTOR.

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ATTORNEYS W. SHMIKLER May 17, 1966 GLOVES 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed April25, 1965 FIGIZ WILLIAM SHMIKLER United States Patent C 3,251,067 GLOVESWilliam Shmikler, 7301 N. Lawndale Ave., Skokie, Ill. Filed Apr. 23,1965, Ser. No. 451,696 8 Claims. (Cl. 2169) This invention relates togloves and more particularly to gloves having a novel thumbconstruction. This application is a continuation-in-part of my copendingapplication Serial Number 348,357, filed March 2, 1964, now abandoned.

When the hand of an individual is in its natural relaxed position, andthe hand is viewed from the side, the fingers and palm of the handdefine a curve extending from the tips of the fingers to the wristportion of the hand. The thumb, including its pahn portion, does notfollow this curve. Instead, it projects inwardly. In the construction ofa glove, it is desirable that this fact be taken into account to the endthat a more comfortable glove, permitting a more natural movement of thethumb and fingers of the wearer, may be produced.

Although it has long been recognized that glove constructions should besuch as to permit the hand of the wearer to function naturally, thisgoal has been difficult to achieve. The problem is particularlydifficult to solve in the manufacture of work gloves. In thisconnection, it will be helpful to refer by way of example to the gloverequirements of the skilled workmen who maintain high tension electricpower lines. A lineman customarily wears three gloves on each hand.- Theglove nearest his skin is fabricated from some perspiration absorbingmaterial, such as a knitted fabric. The knitted glove is covered by amolded rubber glove that serves as an electrical insulator. The rubberglove is shaped during the molding operation to conform substantially tothe shape of a normal hand, so that bunching and folding during use willbe minimized. The outermost glove serves as a protective covering forthe insulating rubber glove, and it customarily is formed of toughleather to protect against perforation of the rubber and a consequentbreakdown of the insulating characteristics thereof.

The lineman is expected to perform manipulations of considerableintricacy while his hands are covered with all of these various gloves.Even if the gloves themselves were perfect, the difficulty ofachievingthe required manipulations would be substantial. In thisenvironment, as in others, restrictions on thumb movements imposed bythe leather glove construction are very real hardships which reduce theefficiency of the workman and at time place his personal safety injeopardy.

One object of this invention is to provide a glove with a thumb portionso constructed that the glove assumes the natural or relaxed position ofthe hand.

It is another object of the present invention to provide in the palmside of a glove the fullness needed to compensate for the fact that thethumb naturally extends in: wardly of the curve defined by the palm andfingers of the hand.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a gloveconstruction in which the thumb pivots in its natural manner.

It is yet another object of the invention to provide a gloveconstruction in which the seam of the thumb falls toward the back of thethumb without any shirring, .puckering, or gathering of the material.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide an improvedlinemans leather glove which, when worn over a molded rubber glove,offers a minimum of interference to the required manipulations carriedout by the lineman in the course of his work with electric power lines.

A more complete understanding of these and other features of theinvention will be gained from a consideration 3,251,067 Patented May 17,1966 ice - blank for a glove of the type shown in FIGURE 1;

FIGURES 4 and 5 are views of the outer surfaces of suitable blanks for.the second and third fingers of such a glove; v

FIGURE 6 is a view of the outer surface of a palm blank shaped inaccordance with the invention;

FIGURE 7 is a viewof the outer surface of a thumb face blank;

FIGURE 8 is a view of the outer surface of a thumb I back blank for aglove of the type shown in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 9 illustrates a linemans leather glove embodying the presentinvention, and it also shows a molded rubber glove worn with the leatherglove;

FIGURE 10is a horizontal cross sectional view taken on a plane justbelow the level of the projecting portions of the fingers and showingthe gloves of FIGURE 9 in association with a knitted glove disposedinside the rubber glove;

FIGURE 11 is a vertical cross sectional view of the assembly of FIGURE10 taken along a plane extending through the index finger;

FIGURE 12 illustrates a thumb face blank and a palm blank (withfourchette attached) ready for assembly in making the linemans leatherglove of FIGURE 9;

FIGURE 13 depicts the construction at an intermediate stage in theoperation of joining the parts shown in FIGURE 12; and

FIGURE 14 is a plan view of a thumb back blank of the type used in thelinemans leather glove of FIGURE 9.

Referring more specifically to FIGURES 1 and 2, the

novel glove of the instant invention is constructed from a plurality ofpanels or blanks sewed together. The back of the hand and fingers isformed by a blank 2.. The main palm portion of the glove comprises apahn blank 4. This palm blank also includes the face side of the firstfinger, or forefinger, and the little finger. The face sides of thesecond and third fingers are formed by blanks 6 and 8, respectively. Thethumb portion of the glove is made from a thumb face blank 10 and athumb back blank 12.

Turning now to the configuration of each of the respective blanks,FIGURE 3 shows the outer surface of the back blank 2, which includes afirst or index finger portion 14, a second finger portion 16, a thirdfingeri portion 18 and a little finger portion 20. It is to beunderstood, of course, that these finger portions are separated alongthe lines 22, 24 and 26, respectively.

The front, or face, sides of the second and third fingers are formedfrom the blanks 6 and 8 shown in FIGURES 4 and 5. In attaching the blank6 to the portion 16 of the back blank, the rounded portion 28 of blank 6is attached to the rounded portion 30 of the second finger, edge 32 isattached to the edge defined by cut 22, and edge 34 is attached to theedge defined by line 24. These edges may be joined together in anyconvenient fashion. In the illustrated glove, the majority of the seamsare made by positioning the blanks in overlying relationship with theouter surfaces of the blanks in contact with each other and thenstitching at a point near the edges of'the blanks the glove. If desired,the glove may be constructed so 3 that the seams of the completed gloveextend outwardly. The third finger blank 8 is attached to the portion 18of the back blank by connecting the rounded tip portion 36 to the tipportion 38 of the back blank, edge 40 to the edge defined by cut 24 ofthe back blank, and

edge 42 to the edge defined by cut 26 of the back blank.

The edges are stitched in the manner mentioned above.

The palm blank 4 includes an index finger portion 44 and a little fingerportion 46. The palm blank is cut along line 48 to permit the fingerportions 44 and 46 to be rolled in a concave shape to provide fullnessfor their respective fingers.

The palm blank 4 is attached to the back blank 2 by stitching edge 50 ofthe back of the palm blank to edge 52 of the back blank and edge 54 ofthe palm blank to edge 56 of the back blank in the manner suggestedabove. The finger portions of the palm blank are connected to theircorresponding finger portions of the palm blank by stitching edge 58 ofthe palm blank to the edge defined by cut 26 of the back blank.Similarly, edge 60 of the finger portion of the palm blank is attachedto the edge defined by cut 22 of the back blank. To complete the fingerportions, edges 62 and 64 of blanks 6 and 8 are attached partly to thebottom edge defined by cut 48 of the palm blank, partly to the edges ofthe finger portions 44 and 46 of the palm blank defined by cut 48, andpartly to each other.

It is to be understood that other patterns may be used to form thefinger portions. For example, the palm blank may include a portion forthe back of the first finger. It may also include a portion for the backof the little finger. As another alternative, the palm blank may includeportions for the face and back of the little finger and only the face ofthe first finger.

In accordance with the present invention, the palm blank 4 has a novelcut out for the reception of the thumb-forming blanks of the glove. Ascan be seen in FIGURE 6, the palm blank is provided with an inwardlyextending edge portion 66 beginning at the forefinger side of the glove,a concave arcuate edge portion 68 forming a continuation of the edgeportion 66, and a rearwardly directed edge portion 70 extending to thewrist portion 72 of the glove.

It may be helpful in visualizing the shape of the cut away portion ofthe palm blank to consider its relation to a human hand. The bones ofthe hand include five metacarpals which move relative to carpals locatedin the wrist. Four of the metalcarpals lie generally in a plane and areconnected at their outer or distal ends to other bones which form thefingers. The fifth one of the metacarpals is connected at its distal endto a bone which forms the inner end of the projecting portion of thethumb. The metacarpals of the thumb is shorter than the othermetacarpals and is associated with its carpal, the trapezium, in such away as to permit the distinctive thumb movements required in order todispose the face of the thumb in opposition to the faces of the fingersfor grasping and holding objects.

A group of short muscles, the thenar group, occupies the ball of thethumb which moves as the metacapal of the thumb moves relative to thetrapezium. Such movement produces in the skin of the hand a fold lineextending upwardly from the wrist in a mid portion of the palm, aroundthe base of the thumb and laterally between the thumb and the indexfinger. The line formed by the cut away portions 66, 63 and 70 of thepalm blank 4 of the glove may be thought of as corresponding generallyto the contour of this fold line in the skin of the hand.

The blank 10 which forms the face of the thumb has a rounded tip edgeportion 74, and two side edge portions 76 and 78. The edge opposite thetip portion includes a concave arcuate portion 80 and a slightly convexdownwardly extending portion 82.

The bottom edge portion of blank 10 is attached to the edge portions 66and 68 of the palm blank 4 along a seam 84 (FIGURE 1), extending fromthe zone between the index finger and the thumb to a point 85 closer tothe Wrist than the distal end of the metacarpal of the thumb. In joiningthe thumb face blank 10 and the palm blank 4, the outside surface of theedge portion 80 of the thumb face blank is positioned in overlappingrelation with the inside surface of the inwardly extending edge portion66 of the palm blank, and the outside surface of the downwardlyextending edge portion 82 of the thumb face blank is positioned inoverlapping relation with the inside surface of the edge portion 68 ofthe palm blank. The overlapping edges then are stitched together withoutpuckering by following the outline of the edges of both blanks.

During the stitching operation the two blanks 4 and 10 are bent orcurved to maintain a substantially constant degree of overlap of theedge portions along the length of the seam 84. This results in a naturalfullness at the base of the face portion of the thumb, as shown at 86 inFIGURE 1. Moreover, the arcuate seam 84 follows the natural curvature ofthe line about which the thumb of ones hand normally bends.Consequently, the thumb of the glove will pivot about a seam thatextends along the natural bend of the thumb of the hand.

The thumb back blank 12 also has a novel cut out which helps the thumbassume a natural position. As seen in FIGURE 8, the thumb back blank hasa round tip portion 88 which includes edges 99 and 92, both of which areslightly concave and arcuate. The blank also includes two lower edges 94and 96 which extend downwardly from the edges and 92. Edges 90 and 94join each other in an outwardly extending projection 98 and edges 92 and96 join each other in an outwardly extendingprojection 100. As can beseen in FIGURE 8, projection 190 is closer to the tip 88 than isprojection 98.

In attaching the blank 12 to the other blanks of the glove, the roundedtip portion with its sides 90 and 92 are joined to edges 78 and 76,respectively, of the thumb face blank to form seams 102 and 104extending around the edges of the projecting portion of the thumb andacross the ball of the thumb to the edge of the palm blank 4. Theconnected edges may be stitched in a manner similar to thestitching ofthe finger blanks 6 and 8 to the back blank 2 as described above. It isnoted, however, that edge 92 of the thumb back blank has a portionimmediately above the projection attached to the inwardly extending edge66 of the palm blank to form seam 106. The edge 96, which extendsdownwardly from projection 100, is attached to edge 56 of the back blankby a seam 108. The edge 78 of the thumb face blank 10 is attached toedge 90 of the thumb back blank 12 all the way down to the projection 98by the seam 104. Edges 94 of the thumb back blank and '70 of the palmblank are joined at seam to complete the glove.

The particular shapes of the thumb back blank, the thumb face blank, andthe palm blank insure a natural position for the thumb portion of theglove by providing a fullness at portion 112 on the palm side of theglove after the blanks are joined together. The novel constructionprovides a better fit and permits a more natural movement of the handwhen the glove is worn. This is particularly advantageous when thewearer of the glove is 7 working with tools.

It should be noted also that the thumb seams 102 and 104 fall away fromthe Wearing surface and that in assembling the respective blanks of theillustrated glove there is no shirring, puckering or gathering of thematerial.

To protect and reinforce the seams of the glove, it may be convenient toprovide a reinforcing strip 114 on the outer surface of the gloveextending from the wrist portion of the seam 110 over the seams 84 and106 to seam 108. For the sake of clarity, only a portion of thereinforcing strip 114 has been shown in FIGURE 1.

Features of another embodiment of the invention are illustrated inFIGURES 9 through 14. This embodiment is a particularly suitable one foruse by linemen in connection with their work on electric power lines.

A lineman usually wears three gloves on each hand. A molded rubber glove120 provides thenecessary electrical insulating qualities, but it cannotordinarily be used alone. If its effectiveness as an insulator is to bepreserved, it must remain imperforate. Hence, it is customary for. thelineman to wear a heavy leather glove 122 over the rubber glove in orderto protect against perforation of the rubber by tools, sharp Wire ends,or the like. The imperforate nature of the rubber also gives rise toproblems in connection with the dissipation of body moisture. Thisproblem customarily is solved by the use of a perspiration absorbingknitted glove 124 (FIGURES 10 and 11) between the linemans hand and therubber glove 120.

This invention is not concerned with the details of either the knittedglove 124 or the rubber glove 120. However, the presence of these in theenvironment in which the leather glove 122 is used has a bearing uponthe leather glove. The bulk of the combination of coverings on thelinemans hand necessarily serves to restrict his capacity to manipulatethe tools and wires that must be handled in the performance of his job.Additional restrictions imposed by motion limiting characteristicsinherent in the construction of the leather glove are therefore quiteimportant. The leather glove 122 of this invention has proved to beeffective in minimizing such restrictions, particularly in regard tovital thumb movements.

The linemans leather glove 122 is similar to the glove illustrated inFIGURE 1 in most respects. It too is formed from a plurality of blanksor panels suitably stitched together to provide a construction in whichthe thumb is disposed in a natural position relative to the other partsof the hand and in which the thumb has unusual freedom of movement. Apalm blank 126, a thumb face blank 128 and a thumb back blank 130 areshown in FIGURES 12 through 14. The hand back blank 132 has not beenillustrated in detail because its configuration is substantially likethat of the blank 2 shown in FIGURE 3. A generally conventionalfourchette construction is employed in forming the second and thirdfinger components of the palm side of the glove and this feature neednot be described here in detail.

As shown best in FIGURES l2 and 13, the thumb side of the palm panel 126is cut away in a manner similar to the palm panel described above inconnection with FIGURE 6. The edge 134 conforms generally to the shapeof the fold line formed in the skin of ones hand as the thumb is movedrelative to the wrist. It extends upwardly from amid portion of thewrist end 136 of the palm panel and curves laterally around the base ofthe thumb. In cutting the palm panel 126, it is desirable to providetiny projections 138 and 140 marking the Zone where the thumb face panel128 is to be set in.

The shape of the thumb face panel 128 is. substantially similar to theshape of the panel 10 shown in FIGURE 7. However, it will be observedthat its lower edge 142, that is, the edge to be joined to the palmpanel 126, has a slightly different configuration. In this instance, thelower edge 142 of the thumb face panel 128 is in the form of a concavecurve throughout its length. Variations in this feature occur as betweendifferent sizes and styles of gloves embodying the invention. In eachinstance, the precise shapes of the curves in the cut-away portion ofthe palm panel and in the lower.margin of the thumb facev panel arechosen to assure that the length of the thumb face panel along the seamwill be equal to the length along the seam of that portion of the marginof the palm panel 126 to which the thumb face panel is secured, so thatno puckering or bunching will occur.

From FIGURE 12 it will be evident that the edges of the palm panel 126and the thumb face panel 128 do not match when these panels are disposedin asingle plane. Both of the curves to be joined by the seam areconcave. In order to make the parts match, it is necessary to deflectthem out of a single plane during the seaming operation, as suggested inFIGURE 13, and after the seaming operation has been completed along theline illustrated in part at 144 in.FIGURE 13, the material of the joinedpanels 126 and 128 will not lie fiat in a single plane. Thus, theseaming together of the distinctively curved edges of the panels 126 and128 serves to establish a normal or natural inclination for the face ofthe thumb relative to the palm.

The thumb back panel shown in FIGURE 14 performs the same functions asthe thumb back panel described above in connection with FIGURE 8. Theinside surfaces of marginal portions thereof are disposed in contactwith and stitched to the inside surfaces of marginal portion of the palmpanel 126, the thumb face panel 128, and the hand back panel 132. Forthe sake of completeness, it will be desirable to trace this seam aroundthe margins of the thumb back panel 130.

A'first portion 146 of the margin of the thumb back panel 130 extendingfrom the wrist end 148 to a seamers marker 150 at the protrusion on thepalm side of the panel is stitched to that portion of the cut-awaymargin 134 of the palm panel 126 extending from the wrist end 136thereof to the seamers marker 138. A second portion 152 of the margin ofthe thumb back panel extending from the seamers marker 150 to a seamersmarker 152 at the top of the thumb is secured to the portion of themargin of the thumb face panel 128 extending from the juncture of.

this panel with the palm panel 126 up to a seamers marker 155 at the tipof the thumb. A third portion 156 of the margin of the thumb back panel130 extending from the marker 154 to themarker 158 is stitched to thatportion of the margin of the thumb face panel 128 extending from themarker 155 down to the juncture of the thumb face panel and the palmpanel in the Zone between the thumb and index finger. A fourth portion160 of the margin of the thumb back panel extending from the marker 158to a protruding point 162 is stitched to the laterally extending marginof the cut-away portion of the palm panel 126. Finally, the rearwardlyextending marginal portion 163 of the thumb back panel 130 is stitchedto the correspondingly located margin of the hand back panel 132.

The linemans leather glove 122 illustrated in the drawings also includesa cuff 164 extending substantially beyond the wrist joint and a pullpiece 166. These components are conventional and need not be describedin detail here. A variety of other finishing details may be applied togloves embodying this invention to adapt the -suggest themselves topersons skilled in the art. The

foregoing description is intended as exemplary only and the scope of theprotection is to be ascertained from the following claims.

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1. In a glove including finger portions and a back: a palm blank havingan edge extending inwardly from the forefinger portion, a concavearcuate edge forming a continuation of said inwardly extending edge, andan edge extending rearwardly from said arcuate edge; a thumb face blankhaving a rounded tip portion and an edge opposite said tip portionincluding a concave arcuate portion and a downwardly extending portion;and a thumb back blank including a rounded tip portion having a tip, afirst lower edge joining the edge of one side of said rounded tipportion at a first outwardly extending portion, and a second lower edgejoining the edge on the other side of said tip portion at a secondoutwardly extending portion, said first outwardly extending portiontending portion; said thumb face blank being connected to said palmblank with the concave arcuate edge portion of said thumb face blankconnected to the inwardly extending edge of said palm blank and withsaid downwardly extending edge portion of said thumb face blank beingconnected to said concave arcuate edge of said palm blank; said thumbback blank having its second lower edge connected to the rearwardlyextending edge of said palm blank and its first lower edge connected toa side of the back of the glove; and said rounded tip portion of saidthumb face blank being connected to said rounded tip portion of saidthumb back blank.

2. In a glove including a blank for covering the back of the hand andfingers: a palm blank having a side edge connected to an edge of saidback blank and a second side edge connected to the outer edge of saidback blank; said palm blank including an edge extending inwardly fromthe forefinger side thereof, a concave arcuate edge forming acontinuation of said inwardly extending edge, and an edge extendingrearwardly from said arcuate edge; a thumb face blank having a roundedtip portion and an edge opposite said tip portion including a concavearcuate portion and a downwardly extending portion; and a thumb backblank including a rounded tip portion having a tip, a first lower edgejoined to said back blank and meeting the edge of one side of said tipportion at a first outwardly extending portion, and a second lower edgemeeting the other side of the tip portion at a second outwardlyextending portion, said first outwardly extending portion being closerto said tip than said second portion; said thumb face blank having itsarcuate concave edge portion connected to said inwardly extending edgeOfsaid palm blank and its downwardly extending portion connected to saidconcave arcuate edge of said palm blank; said thumb back blank havingits second lower edge attached to the downwardly extending edge of saidpalm blank, its rounded tip portion connected to said rounded tipportion of said thumb back blank, and a portion of its edge immediatelyabove said first outwardly extending portion connected to the palm blankalong said inwardly extending edge.

3. In a glove including finger, thumb and palm portions; a palm blankhaving an edge extending inwardly from the forefinger portion and aconcave arcuate edge forming a continuation of said inwardly extendingedge; a thumb face blank having an edge including a concave arcuateportion and a downwardly extending portion; and a thumb back blankconnected to said thumb face blank and said palm blank; said thumb faceblank being connected to said palm blank with the concave arcuate edgeportion of said thumb face blank connected to the inwardly extendingedge of said palm blank and with said downwardly extending edge portionconnected to said concave arcuate edge of said palm blank therebyforming an arcuate seam to provide fullness on the face side of thethumb portion, said thumb back blank having an upper portion connectedto said thumb face blank and a lower portion connected to said palmblank, said connection between said lower portion and said palm blankproviding a fullness in the thumb portion to permit the thumb portion ofthe glove to extend outwadly from the palm portion of the glove.

4. In a glove including finger portions and a back: a palm blank havingan edge extending inwardly from the forefinger portion, a concavearcuate edge forming a continuation of said inwardly extending edge, andan edge extending rearwardly from said arcuate edge; a thumb face blankincluding a rounded tip portion and an edge opposite said tip portionincluding a concave arcuate portion and a downwardly extending portion;and a thumb back blank including a rounded tip portion having a tip, afirst lower edge joining the edge of one side of said rounded tipportion, and a second lower edge joining the edge on the other side ofsaid rounded tip portion, said first jointure being closer to said tipthan second jointure; said thumb face blank being connected to said palmblank with the concave arcuate edge portion of said thumb face blankconnected to the inwardly extending edge of said palm blank and withsaid downwardly extending edge portion of said thumb face blank beingconnected to said concave arcuate edge of said palm blank; said thumbback blank having its second lower edge connected to the rearwardlyextending edge of said palm blank and its first lower edge connected toa side of the back of the glove; and said rounded tip portion of saidthumb face blank being connected to said rounded tip portion of saidthumb back blank.

5. A glove comprising a palm panel having a marginal edge on the sidethereof opposite the thumb and being cut away on the thumb side thereofto provide an edge extending upwardly from the wrist end of the paneland curving around the base of the thumb into the zone between the thumband index finger; a thumb face panel having a concavely curved loweredge portion stitched to said curved edge portion of said palm panel; athumb back panel stitched to said thumb face panel and said palm panel;and a hand back panel stitched to said thumb back panel and said palmpanel.

6. A glove having fingers and a palm and a thumb disposed at such anangle relative to the palm and fingers as to simulate the relaxedconfiguration of a human hand, said glove comprising a palm panel cutaway along a line corresponding generally to the fold line formed in theskin of the hand as the metacarpal of the thumb moves relative to thetrapezium; a thumb face panel having a curved lower margin which isconcave when the panel is laid fiat, said lower margin being stitchedwithout puckering to the margin of the cutaway portion of said palmpanel along a line extending from the zone between the thumb and indexfinger to a point closer to the wrist than the distal end of themetacarpal of the thumb; and a thumb back panel having marginal portionsstitched without puckering to the thumb face panel rearwardly of thegrasping face portion of the thumb and across the ball of the thumb tothe end of the seam between the palm panel and the thumb face panel,said thumb back panel having another marginal portion stitched to themargin of the cut away portion of said palm panel beyond said thumb facepanel.

'7. A linemans leather glove adapted to be worn over a molded rubberglove and having a shape closely approximating that of the molded rubberglove, said leather glove comprising a palm panel covering a majorportion of the palm, a thumb face panel covering the entire face portionof the thumb, a thumb back panel covering the back portion of the thumband a part of the ball of the thumb, and a hand back panel covering amajor portion of the back side of the glove; said palm panel beingstitched to said hand back panel but being cut away along a lineextending upwardly from the wrist in a mid portion of the palm andgenerally around the ball of the thumb and laterally between the thumband the index finger; said thumb face panel having a lower marginstitched to said palm panel along an intermediate portion of said line;said thumb back panel being stitched to said palm panel along the endportions of said line and to the thumb face panel around the sides andtip of the thumb and to said hand back panel along the edge thereoffacing said cut away part of said palm panel.

8. A linemans leather glove adapted to be worn over a molded rubberglove and having a shape closely approximating that of the molded rubberglove, said leather glove comprising a palm panel covering a majorportion of the palm, a thumb face panel covering the entire face portionof the thumb, a thumb back panel covering the back portion of the thumband a part of the ball of the thumb and a hand back panel covering amajor portion of the back side of the glove; said palm panel beingstitched to said hand back panel along a line rearwardly of the face ofthe index finger and along a line disposed generally at the side edge ofthe glove opposite the thumb, said palm panel being cut away along aline extending upwardly from the wrist in a mid portion of the palm andgenerally around the base of the thumb and laterally between the thumband index finger; said thumb face panel having a lower margin underlyingand stitched to said palm panel along an intermediate portion of saidline; said thumb back panel having marginal portions the inner surfacesof which are disposed in contact with the inner surfaces of marginalportions of said thumb face panel and said palm panel and said hand backpanel; and stitching connecting said contacting marginal portions alonga line extending upwardly from the wrist in a mid portion of the palm,across the ball of the palm, up and around the end of the thumbrearwardly of I the face of the thumb, laterally around the edge of thehand, and downwardly toward the wrist along the back of the edge portionof the hand. 1

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,770,809 11/1956Howard 2-169 3,151,334 10/1964 Haupt et al 21i69 JORDAN FRANKLIN,Primary Examiner.

G. V. LARKIN, Assistant Examiner.

2. IN A GLOVE INCLUDING A BLANK FOR COVERING THE BACK OF THE HAND ANDFINGERS: A PALM BLANK HAVING A SIDE EDGE CONNECTED TO AN EDGE OF SAIDBACK BLANK AND A SECOND SIDE EDGE CONNECTED TO THE OUTER EDGE OF SAIDBACK BLANK; SAID PALM BLANK INCLUDING AN EDGE EXTENDING INWARDLY FROMTHE FOREFINGER SIDE THEREOF, A CONCAVE ARCUATE EDGE FORMING ACONTINUATION OF SAID INWARDLY EXTENDING EDGE, AND AN EDGE EXTENDINGREARWARDLY FROM SAID ARCUATE EDGE, A THUMB FACE BLANK HAVING A ROUNDEDTIP PORTION AND AN EDGE OPPOSITE SAID TIP PORTION INCLUDING A CONCAVEARCUATE PORTION AND DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION; AND A THUMB BACK BLANKINCLUDING A ROUNDED TIP PORTION HAVING A TIP, A FIRST LOWER EDGE JOINEDTO SAID BACK BLANK AND MEETING THE EDGE OF ONE SIDE OF SAID TIP PORTIONAT A FIRST OUTWARDLY EXTENDING PORTION, AND A SECOND LOWER EDGE MEETINGTHE